Thursday, June 1, 2017

Books I Read in May


This is so embarrassing.






The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown




  1. I just found your blog, and I'm definitely going to be following along, as I love finding new book blogs whose tastes resonate with my own! And while it's always sad to finish fewer books in a month than you'd like, you're right in saying that this isn't just any book that you can knock out in a day or two---that is on meaty book! (I've tried to read it but didn't get into it far enough before I had to return it to the library. I must give it another chance, I think!)


    1. Hi Torrie, thanks for joining in here! Always wonderful to meet new bookish friends. I do recommend you give this one another chance, it's long but definitely worth it. And I think I'll enjoy following along your blog as well (we seem to have some house-buying/moving situations in common right now :).

  2. Oh I'm so glad you loved this book! I also liked it more than Unbroken, and I'm always a little surprised when the two get compared to each other. It must be because of the WWII backdrop and the narrative writing style, but I feel like the similarities end there.

    1. I think it also has to do with how they both were published relatively close, so people were just reading them both at the same time. But yes, this was definitely a wonderful read, and I'm glad I finally got around to it.

  3. I never compared the two books but I guess I can see why people would make that comparison. I loved them both separately for different reasons. My friend and I were talking about this book and she brought up a great point that she felt the pace of the book was the same pace of their rowing. It starts off in a sprint, then they get into a rhythm and slow down, and then push fast through the end. I never thought it that way but I could totally see how it works. Glad you loved it!

    1. Oh my gosh, you're friend's comment is brilliant! I can totally see that (and it probably explains why my own reading pace slowed a bit in the middle there). You're right, both Unbroken and Boys in the Boat are entirely good in their own right, for different reasons.